"Penny Dreadfuls" were a type of British publication in the 19th century that featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing one penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction. The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed at young working class males. Two of the most famous were "Varney the Vampire" (which popularized...

Sir Malcolm is an explorer who has lost his daughter Mina to the city's creatures, and he will do whatever is needed to get her back and to right past wrongs. Working with him is clairvoyant Vanessa Ives, who was Mina's childhood friend. She recruits American Ethan Chandler to help locate Mina and slay monsters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein, and characters from Dracula join this core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a...

Vanessa Ives accepting her demons could exact a terrible cost and plunge the world into darkness, while Ethan Chandler, Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Sir Malcolm, the Creature, and Lily must each face their own monstrous selves.

Harker has fallen under the spell of the Master, but Vanessa can see the benefit of such a fate. She implores Harker to lead them to their prey, in the hope that Mina will reveal herself, and his footsteps take them to the bloody opium den...and into a horrifying trap!

In the dark and dank Essex church, Vanessa casts the tarot and reaches out to Mina, who appears on a mission from The Master. In the howling fury that accompanies the descending somnolent women, Mina offers Vanessa a deal; she can save the lives of her friends and companions...if she submits to her darkest nature...

The horrifying truth of Mina's disappearance is revealed to Vanessa, Sir Malcolm and Sembene, and they realize they face a foe that exists outside anything they've encountered. As they frantically regroup, they learn they are not the only ones with a score to settle with the monster in their midst...

Vanessa Ive's body has been inhabited by the ultimate evil, Satan, as the hordes of hell rampage through the streets of London. Ethan, still grieving for the love of his life, has committed an act that will surely lead to the ultimate destruction of mankind… unless they can find the eternal flame, the only thing that can put an end to the horror that has befallen humanity. With so much at stake, and time of the essence, Catriona Hardtegan and Victor...

The battle lines are being drawn, and it appears that Lucifer's forces are swelling in number. With Sir Malcolm gone, his friends are scattered across the city of London, and there is nothing to stem the flow of horror as it infects the hearts and souls of mankind. But the faint light of hope shines from the most unlikely of places. Under the watchful eyes of Mother Joan, Lily is preparing to engage with forces even she fears, in the belief that humanity...